Oro Valley Catholic
“If other ages felt less, they saw more, even though they saw with the blind, prophetical, unsentimental eye of acceptance, which is to say, of faith. In the absence of this faith now, we govern by tenderness. It is a tenderness which, long cut off from the person of Christ, is wrapped in theory. When tenderness is detached from the source of tenderness, its logical outcome is terror. It ends in forced-labor camps and in the fumes of the gas chamber.” - Flannery O’Connor, A Memoir of Mary Ann
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Thursday May 04, 2023
Thursday May 04, 2023
May is the Month of Mary - why? Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. wrote "The May Magnificat" to answer that question - it is a great answer!
This ecstasy all through mothering earth
Tells Mary her mirth till Christ’s birth
To remember and exultation
In God who was her salvation.
Learn more about the Month of Mary, Our Lady of Fatima and, surprisingly, the meaning of liturgical and Marian processions all on this week's OVC.
Music: Ave Maria by St. Mark Music Ministry pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Jesus is God's voice, the gate to eternal life and the Good Shepherd. We have many goals in life, but only one goal that is The Goal. To the extent that our many goals don't line up with our One Goal, eternal life, we experience the anxiety that comes with busyness. Think of St. Augustine's Confessions and my ordination story. Plenty of busyness to be sure, but ... A vocation story for Good Shepherd Sunday.
Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/043023.cfm
Music: Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294
Friday Apr 21, 2023
Friday Apr 21, 2023
Cleopas and his friend meet the resurrected Jesus on the road to Emmaus. Using the Old Testament Jesus explains the new and prepares us for the Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of the Eucharist and encountering Him at Mass.
Readings for the Third Sunday of Easter: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042323.cfm
Music: Adoro te devoted by the St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
On the evening of that first day of the week,
when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,
for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, “Peace be with you.” John 20
Readings for Second Sunday of Easter: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041623.cfm
Music: Bach Prelude & Fugue 5 by John Lewis Grant is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
God makes all things new. The Resurrection of Christ from the dead reveals the Father's saving purpose.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040823.cfm
Music: Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Here is a lovely soundtrack from the St. Mark Tenebrae service in Holy Week 2022. Please join us this year live!
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
How does the manner of Jesus of Nazareth's death fulfill the Old Testament revelation and complete it? Listen to this week's Oro Valley Catholic.
Readings for the Sixth Sunday of Lent - Palm Sunday https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040223.cfm
Music by the St. Mark Choir pursuant to Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Tenebrae, a time of darkness, goes back to the Medieval Church. The music celebrated at Tenebrae directs us the the mystery of Holy Week and the Paschal Triduum. Learn more about the history and music of Tenebrae from Dr. Jeff Vanderlee, the St. Mark Director of Music.
The music performed on this podcast is under license from One License Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294.
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
The Gospel of John is written around the interplay of light and darkness. The Light lifts us out of the Darkness through water, wine, bread and death. The journey that joins the material to the life of God. The raising of Lazarus, this week, on OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032623.cfm
Music: Sepulto Domino by the St. Mark Choir pursuant to Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294 from OneLicense
Saturday Mar 18, 2023
Saturday Mar 18, 2023
In John 9, the Lord heals a man born blind. The Pharisees, the man's parents and the man are thrown into the struggle to clearly see what is happening in their midst. God is visiting his people.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031923.cfm
Music by the St. Mark choir pursuant to Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294